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Legends of the Fall
Why this pick
Its sweeping Montana landscapes, elegiac family narration, and an untamable younger brother echo the intimate beauty and generational sorrow of A River Runs Through It.
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MOVIE1992 2h 3m USA
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
The Maclean brothers, Norman and Paul, grow up in Missoula, Montana with their father, Presbyterian minister John, from whom they learn a love of fly fishing for trout in the Blackfoot River (Montana). They learn to cast using a ticking metronome. The boys become accomplished fishermen as a result. Norman and Paul are home taught and must adhere to the strict moral and educational code of their father. As they grow older, it becomes clear that Norman is more disciplined and studious, while Paul is fun-loving, wild, and the more talented fisherman.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Emily Lloyd
Jessie Burns
William Hootkins
Murphy
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Young Norman
Brad Pitt
Paul Maclean
Craig Sheffer
Norman Maclean
Tom Skerritt
Rev. Maclean
Brenda Blethyn
Mrs. Maclean
Edie McClurg
Mrs. Burns